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Hallie Cannon
Concept Artist
ABOUT
Concept Artist with 3 years of university experience working on PC and mobile games in different styles. Comfortable receiving critique, iterating designs quickly, and enjoys sketching characters. Looking to attain a Concept Artist position.TECHNICAL
Photoshop | Blender | Character Design | Prop Design | Environment Design | Traditional Art
Graphic Design | AsanaEDUCATION
MFA Game Development | Academy of Art University Jan 2020-May 2023
Video Game Prototyping | Character, Costume, and Creature Design | Prop & Weapon Design
Figure Drawing |3D modeling | Environment Sketching | Team LeadershipPROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mentorship: Fantasy Concept Art - Lunar Academy Sept 2024- Oct 2024
- Thoroughly researched period-appropriate costume and fashion.
- Collaborated with Mentor and peers weekly for feedback and critiques on character and creature design and function.
- Created concept art for characters and creatures -- ranging from loose exploration sketches to fully rendered designs.Personal Project: Remnants of Wyrm: Frost Fall - Concept Artist Nov 2023- Jan 2024
- Gathered and organized historical costume and weapons reference to produce designs for a fantasy RPG
- Used photobashing techniques along with hand painting to produce a realistic style.
- Iterated, sketched, and polished a realistic fantasy-style character and weapons.Personal Project: Black Wing: Strike Team Alpha - Concept Artist Jun 2023- Oct 2023
- Created a lineup of 4 realistic dark gritty sci-fi characters to fulfill archetype roles in an FPS game.
- Researched relevant IP examples to match style effectively and real-world military gear, weapons, and armor to produce realistic sci-fi designs.
- Applied Mentor feedback to the designs making changes where necessary.
- Combined hand painting with models from Unreal’s MetaHuman Creator and photo textures to produce a realistic style.ACHIEVEMENTS
Certificate of Completion - Lunar Academy Fantasy Concept Art with Aurthur Bonzonnet – Oct 24, 2024
Award - Academy of Art University - Achieved 2nd place in the Sketch Book Category – Spring 2022